A $1 billion oceanfront development in Queens — touted as energy-efficient and storm-resilient — will include shops, apartments, community centers, and a nature preserve.
In a neighborhood that lacks housing, community centers, and supermarkets, residents say this project will revitalize the Arverne and Edgemere neighborhoods of the Rockaways.
The site, named Arverne East, will have more than 1,600 units of housing, 80% of it affordable, with about 200 units going to those formerly homeless. "Your socioeconomic status should not be a determinant on whether you have ocean views," Richards said, adding that the project will be gentrified-proof — meaning residents will not be pushed out of their neighborhood.
"We're also entertaining something called a community land trust here because we know as communities get developed, especially waterfront communities, that individuals can get pushed out," Richards said. "So ensuring that our local residents could have land that they determine what happens on, it is also going to be mutually beneficial in ensuring that we what I call 'gentrify-proof' this land.
The nature preserve and a welcome center are expected to be completed by spring 2023. The entire project is supposed to be completed by 2031.
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